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Review of the Day: Icefall by Matthew Kirby
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Review of the Day: The Romeo and Juliet Code by Phoebe Stone
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Review of the Day: Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
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Review of the Day: A Girl Called Problem by Katie Quirk
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Review of the Day – Lockwood & Co.: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
Lockwood & Company: The Screaming Staircase By Jonathan Stroud Hyperion Books for Children $16.99 ISBN: 978-1-4231-6491-3 Ages 10 and up On shelves September 17th I’m sick of historical fiction....
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Review of the Day: Greenglass House by Kate Milford
Greenglass House By Kate Milford Clarion Books (an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) $17.99 ISBN: 978-0-544-05270-3 Ages 9-12 On shelves August 26th When I was a kid I had a real and abiding love...
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Review of the Day: Baby Monkey, Private Eye by Brian Selznick and David Serlin
Baby Monkey, Private Eye By Brian Selznick and David Serlin Illustrated by Brian Selznick Scholastic Press $16.99 ISBN: 978-1-338-18061-9 Ages 3 and up On shelves February 27th Brian Selznick. Honey....
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Review of the Day: The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
The Parker Inheritance By Varian Johnson Arthur A. Levine Books (an imprint of Scholastic) $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-545-94617-9 Ages 9-12 On shelves now. The other day I was asked to come up with ten...
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Wait… That Book Was Good! Flashback 2006: Enola Holmes
Folks, I’ve been blogging since I was a wee bit of a thing, dating back to 2006. Back then I was still a relatively new children’s librarian, eking out a living in New York City. I didn’t know much,...
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Review of the Day: The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book by Kate Milford
The Raconteur’s Commonplace BookBy Kate MilfordIllustrated by Nicole WongClarion Books (an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)$17.99Ages 9 and upOn shelves now. The third law of library science, as...
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Review of the Day: Icefall by Matthew Kirby
Icefall By Matthew J. Kirby Scholastic $17.99 ISBN: 978-0-545-27424-1 Ages 9-14 On shelves now. There’s a certain breed of middle grade fiction novel for kids that defies easy categorization. Call them...
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Review of the Day: The Romeo and Juliet Code by Phoebe Stone
The Romeo and Juliet Code By Phoebe Stone Arthur A. Levine (an imprint of Scholastic) $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-545-21511-4 Ages 9-12 On shelves now It seems unfair that my attention was first drawn to The...
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Review of the Day: Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
Three Times Lucky By Sheila Turnage Dial (an imprint of Penguin) $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-8037-3670-2 Ages 9-12 On shelves May 10th The Southern Girl Novel. It’s pretty much a genre in and of itself in the...
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Review of the Day: A Girl Called Problem by Katie Quirk
A Girl Called Problem By Katie Quirk Eerdmans Books for Young Readers $8.00 ISBN: 97800-8028-5404-9 Ages 9-12 On shelves now. Who says that mystery novels for kids all have to include the same tropes...
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Review of the Day – Lockwood & Co.: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
Lockwood & Company: The Screaming Staircase By Jonathan Stroud Hyperion Books for Children $16.99 ISBN: 978-1-4231-6491-3 Ages 10 and up On shelves September 17th I’m sick of historical fiction....
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Review of the Day: Greenglass House by Kate Milford
Greenglass House By Kate Milford Clarion Books (an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) $17.99 ISBN: 978-0-544-05270-3 Ages 9-12 On shelves August 26th When I was a kid I had a real and abiding love...
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Review of the Day: Baby Monkey, Private Eye by Brian Selznick and David Serlin
Baby Monkey, Private Eye By Brian Selznick and David Serlin Illustrated by Brian Selznick Scholastic Press $16.99 ISBN: 978-1-338-18061-9 Ages 3 and up On shelves February 27th Brian Selznick. Honey....
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Review of the Day: The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
The Parker Inheritance By Varian Johnson Arthur A. Levine Books (an imprint of Scholastic) $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-545-94617-9 Ages 9-12 On shelves now. The other day I was asked to come up with ten...
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Wait… That Book Was Good! Flashback 2006: Enola Holmes
Folks, I’ve been blogging since I was a wee bit of a thing, dating back to 2006. Back then I was still a relatively new children’s librarian, eking out a living in New York City. I didn’t know much,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Review of the Day: The Raconteur’s Commonplace Book by Kate Milford
The Raconteur’s Commonplace BookBy Kate MilfordIllustrated by Nicole WongClarion Books (an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)$17.99Ages 9 and upOn shelves now. The third law of library science, as...
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